The Portland daily press., 1887-03-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Senator Frye Makes an Able Speech
In the Senate.
Bills Which Have Become Laws
without the Presidents Signature.
Notes and Comment from the Ma.
tlonaI Capital.
Especial to the Press.l

| Especial W tic ASoosl
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March g.
From now until tomorrow noon both
houses of Congress will be in nearly contin-
| uous session, and much work will have to be
| done If that hour finds them with their labor
accomplished. The Senate passed the leg
islatiye bill, and sent 1t to conference this
afternoon, and at late hour tonight took
| up the general deficiency the last Of the ap-
preparation bills. and will pass it before
morning. The conference on the post office
appropriation bill reported to the Senate
this evening that they were unable to agree
upon the subsidy" clause, and Mr.. Plumb
moved that the Senate insist on its amend
ment, and request further conference. Upon
this motion a lively debate ensued in which
Mr.. Frye won applause from the galleries,
and completely foored Senator Beck who
attempted to answer him Referring to the
| Argentine Republic, he compared it to the
United States as prosperous republic, hav-
ing large number of steamers entering its
ports every year, every one flying the Eng
| lish, German or French flag, and not one
having the American flag at its masthead
with an importation into that country" he
said, ''of S100,0 900 year, and growing at
the rate of nearly fifteen per cent. year, the
the United States, stagnant to-day with
over-production, men out of work, and here
an opening for that balance, chance to
send our surplus to people anxious to have
1t, and yet Congress stands athwart of the
progress. Let it talk no more of its love for
the workingmen and and the interests of the
United States.' (Applause)
Senator Beck having stated that the tariff
was the cause of decline in American ship
ping, Mr. Frye declared that the only effect
OF the tariff on our carrying trade was that
1t had increased American wages 30 per cent,
so that they are double those of England,
and three times those of France, and sailors
wages have gone up with them. He con-
cluded as follows 1.-THE only reason we
cannot run ship to-day, and compete with
Great Britain and Germany and France and
Italy, Is that an American tariff has made a
sailors wages $50 under the United States
flag, where it is only $40 under the flag Of
Great Britain, where it is SIS under the flag
Of Germany, where it is only $8 under the
flag of Italy. Does the Senator from Kens
tucky want American wages to go down and
then compete? God save the American
workman from the tender mercies of the free
trader from Kentucky" Haughter.)
The motion of Senator Plumb was then
agreed to. Later in the evening the House
took up the same question and after half
an hours debate again refused, 98 to 1877, to
agree to the Senate amendments. After
another conference the Senate will undOubt-
edly recede and yield to the House. There
is little doubt that everything fill be finished
by noon tomorrow and an extra session
avoided. 1t is announced that President
Cleveland will come to the Capitol to-mor-
morrow to sign bills.
Pensions Granted.
Pensions have been granted to Maine peo-
pie as follows:
Rockland.
A. r. Villa, widow of Hezekial Ridley, Gorham.
VIM. L. Cunningham, original, Lewiston.
Otis K. Farnham, original, Brewer
Peter Jennings, original, Hampden.
Henry b. Westcott, original, North Castne.
George A. Wibbec, original, Norridgewock.
Austin Taller, original Damariscotta.
Hezekiah Radley, (deceased) original, Gardi-
ner.
John c. Rogers, original, Pembroke.
Thomas o. Pearl, original, Augusta.
Lewis Bates. original, East Auburn.
Ivory Kicker, original, Monroe.
Thompson D. Leland, original Trenton.
The President and Cabinet.
The President has decided not to 20 to the
Capitol tomorrow for the purpose Of acting
on the measures which may be passed by
Congress during the last hours of the ses-
sion. He advised the President of the Sen
ate and Speaker of the House of his decis-
ion in this respect, early last evening, and
added that the Executive Mansion would re-
main open all night, and up to the very hour
OF adjournment ate noon tomorrow, for the
reception of all matters requiring executive
action. In accordance with this plan, the
President and most of the members of his
Cabinet remained on duty at the White
House nearly all night, and the considera-
tion Of a large number of important bills
which passed the Senate yesterday and today
occupied their entire time and attention.
Beginning New Navy.
The naval appropriation bill, as it passed
the House gives larger sum for the con-
structlon of new ships, the completion of
those already authorized and to fRish the
great monitors, than was at first supposed
II the bill should pass without amendment
in the Senate there would be in course of
construction sixteen new naval vessels.
1t IS expected that the Senate will substi-
tute for the House proposition perhaps four
of the swift cruisers provided for in Senator
Cameron's bill, one heavy floating battery of
the type named in Senator Haie's bill, one
of Ericsson's destroyers, one of Admiral
Ammen's rams-in all $6,000.000 to be avail
able to begin work on this type of vessels.
Contracts are already awarded for the
Charleston and Baltimore and two large gun
boats, which are in fact cruisers. The
$2,O00,OO0 additional required to make con-
tract for the Newark will be provided this
session. Then there are two armored
cruisers, two more vessels of the type of the
Newark, and four more so called gunboats
or cruisers, making total of seventeen yes-
sells. In addition there are two torpedo
boats and the pneumatic dynamite cruiser
now being built by the Cramps, carrying up
the total present and prospective to twenty
new vessels The five double turreted mon
itors, Amphrite, Monadnock, Terror, Mian-
tonomah and Puritan, promise some degree
of protection for the harbors of New York
and Boston, SO that at least the beginning of
new navy may be said to be in sight.
The Trade Dollar.
In view of the lack of vault room in the
New \ ork Sub-Ireasury, where it is pre-
sumed the bulk Of the trade dollars win be
presented for redemption, Acting Secretary
Fairchild has instructed the Assistant Treas
urer at New York to forward the coins as
fast as redeemed to the assay Office, where
they will be melted into bars of convenient
size, each representing about $500, and
stored in that Office until suitable vault
rooms are provided.
Bills Which Have Become Laws.
The bill for the redemption of trade dol
lars and the anti-polygamy bill have become
laws without the Presidents signature by
reason of the expiration tonight of the con-
stitutiOnal limitation Of ten days within
which he should have returned the bills to
Congress in case of disapproyal. Both bills
were carefully considered by the President,
and while they contained some provisions to
which he preferred not to commit himself he
was unwilling to veto the measure.
Approved by the President.
The President to-day approved the act to
authorize the President of the United States
to protect and defend the rights of American
fishing vessels, American fishermen, Ameri-
can trading and other vessels in the British
Dominion of North America the Indian ap-
preparation bill, and the act to establish ag-
ricultural stations in connection with col
leges established under the act of July, 1862.
Maine Inventors.
Patents were allowed this week to the fol-
lowing Maine inventors: